World Medals, India, Sir Henry Hardinge (1785-1856), the Treaty of Lahore, copper medal, 1846, by G. G. Adams, bare head l., rev. MENS AEQUA REBUS IN ARDUIS, Victory receives olive branch from kneeling warrior, 58mm., (BHM 2228; Pudd 846.1), good very fine, scarce
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Harding, a career soldier, had fought in the Peninsular War. He was appointed Governor-General of India in 1844 and signed the Treaty of Lahore, ending the first Sikh War on 9 March 1846.